The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-22

more [laH tHEY Know. n.t;<IEE rather tN0N
help Others 6axe iiIe ambition to QceiiiH
8 gieAt place without tile capacity. t0 fiji
it, and Il foo often happens Tint ii these
the moral sense is weak, and they have
as little care as INSCRIPTIONS men for the
means they use to gain their ends
But these are only incidents The gen
eral result is in the highest degree up
lifting and enlarging, and It should be
felt to be SO by all women, whatever
their condition and circumstances. 1t
has already placed women in a condition
that enables them to decide what they
shall do with their lives; whether they
shall make them beautiful, enrolling and
benefcent, or the mere tenders to and
dependents upon some other life, of
whose capacities or tendencies toward
good or III they know little or nothing.
Heretofore the best gospel we have
known has been one of giving. Who
ever had anything must give it away to
him who had nothing. That was the
highest form of piety taught. All the
good books written for children em-
bodied in one way or another the lesson
that the child who had penny or dol
lar, or some cake or candy given him,
should neither enjoy nor put it to good
use, but straightway find some destitute
person and give him that dollar, or that
cake, that penny or that candy.
sThis sort of teaching has created
armies of irresponsible people, of incap-
ables, of impostors. It has made beg
gary lucrative profession. Three small
Ts--ignorance, idleness and intemper-
ance-are responsible for most of the
restitution in this world, and instead of
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been to feed them and make them pro-
life. We are just beginning to learn
that to give Unfortunately is to plant
an ever-increasing crop Of paupers, and
that the only way to get rid of them per-
manently is to remove one of their worst
forms of temptation, enlighten their ig-
norance and turn them into thrifty men
and women.
is good food. There is widely distrib-
uted organization of women, the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, for the
suppression Of liquor-selling, liquor
dealing and liquor drinking. wish
there was another as large for me sup
ply and distribution, at cost, in the houses
of the poor, of some simple, strengthen
ing articles of food, well cooked, of good
quality, that woman going home from
her davis work could carry to her family.
that poor, hard and overworked women
could send ont and Inv at as little cost as
thew could huv the materials At the
shops, which is perfectly feasible Good,
hot SOUP. and good. hot stew. with
onions or tomatoes. aioaf of good whole
meal bread. or dish of oatmeal and
milk-these would he relished nv men
women and children
THE majority of moor women arc IT,
taIly Ignorant Of the hest methods Of
cooking. of how to oct the most and the
best out of a given amount of material.
Resides they have mot time or fual to
give to the slow nrocesses-at least
thew think thew have not. though thew
often waste more in their rand methods
than would have been extended nv taking
more time. This. however. il 4 matter
of experience and knowledge. The better
way at present would be to furnish certain
foods at lowest practicable prices and
endeavor to create by nourishment the
strength which is often sought for in
stimulants.
D 1t will generally be found in this world
that it is Of little use to merely get rid of
something: no matter how evil or dis
agreeable it will crop out again in some
form. Its essence still lives in the uni
verse, and is bound to make it's appear
ance in some shape or other. The only
way to get rid of it is to create new
element BY incorporation with some
other principle or transmute it by assoc
citation with other and more refined sub
stances. The highest morality is con
structiye, not destructive. for It is based
on true science, which knows that moth
ing can be DESTROYED which has an actual
existence. and If it has not real or per-
manent life it will die of itself in time.
though it NAV. before diving. do much
mischief.
Naturally. those who have been long
suppressed. immured. make a rush for
the outer air when thew find the windows
open. cit is SO with women: theynwant
the outer life. the freedom. the participa-
ton in the coming and going. the being
and doing about them. By and by thew
will remember the npbaaltbv corS;t;ors
Of the ~state from which thew came and
strive To remadv tban, Tba,, viii ,,J sIs,.
stand that newly awakaned r,owarS a.
not lessen Int doubln o,r resnpns %IiI W
that thew are st;,l The a,,a rd;o,,S If ~
home and ito ;ntayests. still, .hoS oara e
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